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When will Beaky finally get around to it? Vote now!!

By katieadams, in Chickens, Eggs and Hatching

When will my chickens lay the first egg??  

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Here's Beaky:

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And Butterfly:

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And Mrs Little:

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Katie, your combo is the same as my original chooks; Bluebell (Bluebelle), Buttercup (Goldline) & Snowdrop (Amber Star)

 

If she's a bluebelle, you have lovely plum blush eggs to look forward to. Our Lulu lays beautiful coloured ones.

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Emma, my Bluebell lays very similar eggs to Buttercup & Snowdrop - brown ones! - though sometimes they are slightly smaller than the other girls gifts, she's physically bigger then them too! Mind you the Orpies are by far the biggest and lay the smallest eggs of my lot :roll: !!

 

Sha x

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She is a bluebelle, but I'm a bit colour blind so all browns and beiges look the same to me - I have no idea what plum blush means, all the photos I've seen just look brown to me!! Maybe it'll be easier in real life when I can put them next to each other :?

 

You have a good point about the weekend brunch - but the question is, when do I get the fabulous bacon out of the freezer :?:

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Katie, your combo is the same as my original chooks; Bluebell (Bluebelle), Buttercup (Goldline) & Snowdrop (Amber Star)

 

 

Butterfly is a gold star, is that the same as a goldline? I've noticed they look just the same, was wondering if its just different names for the same chicken?

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MMmmm dont know about the Goldline/Gold star... but there do seem to be lots of names for the same types of chickens! We have a Goldline called Ruby, who lays quite dark brown eggs - she is our biggest hen. We also have a Bluebelle called Tallulah Belle - her eggs are smaller than the others, and rounder in shape (like a ball almost) - some eggs are very oval or even pointy in shape (Leghorn crosses - Nancy and Angelina). Even if the eggs are the same colour you will soon tell them apart... they are always the same eg Bettys eggs have a few speckles on the blunt end... I am sure that there is a technical term for that!

 

Am chanting..."eggs for Katie, eggs for Katie" :pray::pray:

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NNNNOOOOOPPPE!! We are still utterly eggless :cry::cry::cry: Apart from the box of 15 I've just bought at the supermarket that is - I've given up buying just a few at a time in anticipation of Beaky producing anything now, the sense of imminence has all but gone :boohoo::cry::cry:

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NNNNOOOOOPPPE!! We are still utterly eggless :cry::cry::cry: Apart from the box of 15 I've just bought at the supermarket that is - I've given up buying just a few at a time in anticipation of Beaky producing anything now, the sense of imminence has all but gone :boohoo::cry::cry:

 

Oh dear! I have to say, when I looked at the photos, her comb still looked quite pale to me. They go very red when they lay. Maybe it'll be next week!

 

I remember when I got my two girls, Chutney had the biggest comb and was squatting when we approached. Mango had a wee tiny pale comb and wasn't squatting. Chutney used to spend time each day sitting in the nesting box, Mango definitely didn't!

 

One day Mango disappeared for 40 minutes and when I went to find her, she was sitting on an egg in the nesting box with a puzzled expression on her beak!! So they confound all our attempts at second guessing and do their own thing anyway!

 

I'm sure she'll lay soon, poor girly, give her a chance!! LOL :lol:

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I remember when I got my two girls, Chutney had the biggest comb and was squatting when we approached. Mango had a wee tiny pale comb and wasn't squatting. Chutney used to spend time each day sitting in the nesting box, Mango definitely didn't!

 

One day Mango disappeared for 40 minutes and when I went to find her, she was sitting on an egg in the nesting box with a puzzled expression on her beak!! So they confound all our attempts at second guessing and do their own thing anyway!

 

I'm sure she'll lay soon, poor girly, give her a chance!! LOL :lol:

 

maybe with this theory mine will lay first :dance::dance::dance: .....but then again I bet they won't!!!!! :boohoo:

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Oh dear! I have to say, when I looked at the photos, her comb still looked quite pale to me. They go very red when they lay. Maybe it'll be next week!

 

I thought that, but some days she seems redder than others - but the breeder thought she was on the cusp when we got her.... over 4 weeks ago!!

 

Puddleduck, one of us has to get an egg one day soon!! :anxious:

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Well I've been out and come home, and still nothing. Getting rather huffed with them now :notalk: How could they resist all that?? And they have the cheek to expect me to let them out anyway - they're itching to get at my blackcurrant bush again! Huh!! :lol:

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